Holdback



(No Model.)

' E. C. SHERWIN.

HOLDBAGKl No. 394,730. Patented Deo. 18, 1888.

UNITED STATESl PATENT OFFICE.

EDVIN C. SHERIVIN, (.)F BRANDON, VISCONSIN.

HOLDBACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,730, dated December18, 1888.

v Application filed July 16, 1888. Serial No. 280,053. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.' l

Be it known that I, EDWIN C. SHERWIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brandon, in the county of Fond du Lac and State ofIVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHoldbacks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to holdbackfastenings for vehicle-thills, and hasfor its'object to provide a fastening for securing the breeching-strapsto the thills that will be simple, cheap, and efficient, and which willpreclude any accident arising from leaving the said breeching-strapsfastened to the thills when unhitching the horse and letting the thillsdrop, and which will permit the breeching to become readily disengagedfrom the thills when it is drawn forward, whether by design o." byaccident.

The improvement consists of a fastening composed of two plates that arehinged together at their front ends, the base-plate having a tongue andthe fastening-plate having an opening to receive the tongue and an eyeor loop to receive the strap, as hereinafter willbe more fully describedand claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is aplan view of a pair of thills having my improvement applied; Fig. 2, aperspective view of the fastening, showing it open; Fig. 3, a top edgeview of the fastening, showing' its operation by dotted lines; and Fig.4, a modification.

The base-plate A-that is, the plate which is designed to be fastened tothe thills-is provided with the openings a, through which screws orother fastening means pass to secure it to the thills, and with thetongue C. The fastening-plate B, hinged at one end to the base-plate, isprovided with the opening l) to receive the tongue, and with the loop Dat its free end to permit the passage of the strap. The tongue C issufficiently long to prevent its accidental displacement from the Inpractice the fastening is applied so that i its hinge end is forward,and is secured in any suitable manner to the thills, the breeching-strapE being passed through the loop D from the outside between the plates Aand B and slipped over the tongue C. The strain being rearward andinward against the closed end of the loop D, holds the fastening-plateclosed. If from any cause the st-rain on the strap is forward, the plateB' will open and the strap will become disengaged from the tongue andslip out through the loop and be freed from the thills.

In Fig. 4 the base-plate is shown provided with a lug, e, which crowdsthe strap in the loop D of the fastening-plate and relieves the tongueof some of the strain, the other parts of the fastening beingsubstantially the same as hereinbefore described and claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The herein-described holdback composed of two plates hinged togetherat one end, the hinge-joint being sufficiently wide to permit the platesto lie parallel and have a space between them, one plate having thecurved tongue, the other plate having an opening for the passage of thetongue, and a loop at its end for the reception of the strap,substantially as described.

The holdback hereinbefore described, composed of two plates hingedtogether at one end, one plate having a tongue and a lug, the otherplate having an openin g for the passage of the tongue, and a secondopening for the reception of the lug and the passage of' the strap,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

E. C. SHERVVIN..

IVitnesses:

MARTIN C. SHORT, LEANDEE FERGUSON.

